To the Honourable The Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives in Parliament assembled. The petition of the undersigned respectfully showeth:

(a)
that death from mass starvation and disease is occuring among Pakistan's refugees on a scale unprecedented in modern history,

(b)
that, as part of the world community, the Australian Government has an immediate responsibility for concerted action.

Your petitioners most humbly pray:

(1)
that the Government grant income tax deductions for donations over $2 made towards the relief of overseas disaster areas. - (2) that this be effected with hastetoensure the maximum possible aid to those at present in refugee camps and those in danger of famine in East Pakistan.